i.lab is basically a factory INNOVATION RICHARD MEIER of knowledge, a large-scale J. NOUVEL ODILE ZHANG MARIO DANIEL laboratory where every con- i.lab & SUSTAINABILITY & i.lab struction element, every & KM ROSSO DECQ KE CUCINELLA LIBESKIND functional area, every space A company that looks to the future is a company that A work of art in typical Meier solution is in itself evidence of encourages and supports economic and industrial style, i.lab is an element of the constructive and expres- development focusing on the preservation of natural extraordinary architecture, sive potentials of the most Located just outside Bergamo, Graduated in architecture Zhang Ke graduated in Mario Cucinella graduated Born in postwar Poland, Daniel and cultural resources. extraordinary style and con- technically advanced types Kilometro Rosso Science in 1978 in , Odile Decq Architecture at Peking’s from the Genoa University Libeskind became an American Bergamo the heart of cement. i.lab is fully func - Design Capital Innovation Capital This is the vision that led to the creation of i.lab, struction techniques, the result & Technology Park is a created a partnership with Tsinghua University in 1993, Architecture Faculty in 1987 citizen in 1964, receiving his Italcementi’s own Research and Innovation Centre of exceptional technical and tional proof of the possibility managed environment that Benoît Cornette in 1980, earning a Master of Architecture and founded MCA - Mario professional architectural degree in In the framework of the Interni Legacy’s exhibition and on the occasion of the FuoriSalone 2012 of innovation designed by the American Architect Richard Meier scientific skills combined to realise solutions halfway plays host to a wealth of establishing the architecture and Urban Design from the same Cucinella Architects in Paris in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the and located within the Kilometro Rosso Science with sophisticated levels of between industrial design companies, research centres, firm ODBC. The headquarters university in 1996 and a Master 1992 and in Bologna in 1999. Advancement of Science and Art in Architectures: building a sustainable heritage Park of Bergamo. i.lab has been built in line with engineering. and architecture, which incorporate the vocation towards laboratories, high-tech manufacturing facilities and they completed for the Banque Populaire de l’Ouest of Architecture from Harvard University. In 2001 he founded His work has always shown a special focus on themes New York City. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory Italcementi’s vision of innovation, sustainability The Meier project is charac- standards of the former and the spatial emotion of the latter. providers of innovation services with a view to reaching in (1990) brought them numerous awards and standardarchitecture, a leading new generation design firm connected with environmental planning and sustainability in of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University and architectonic excellence, and is the synthesis terised by the utmost attention new frontiers in science and technology. Kilometro Rosso international recognition, among which a Golden Lion engaged in town planning, architecture, landscape & product architecture. Among his outstanding achievements are the in 1972. Since establishing his practice in Berlin in 1989, Mr. Libeskind has 17 of APRIL - 3:00 p.m. of this trail blazing technology in terms of quality paid to quality, seen in the details is a “node of an international network of relationships and Award at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the 9th design. Current partners include Zhang Hong, Hou Zhenghua SIEB-Sino Italian Ecological Building in Peking, the new Civic designed major cultural, commercial and residential projects around Odile Decq - lecture: Horizons of materials and green construction, a place of of each and every component, RICHARD MEIER connections”, that boosts the share of skills, knowledge, International Prize for Architecture in London and the Prix and Claudia Taborda. Conscious of being poles apart from Offices in Bologna, the CSET Centre for Sustainable Energy the world. These include the master plan for the World Trade Center, knowledge and scientific know-how. but first and foremost in the information and know-how not only among its Partners, Architecture et Travail in Rennes. The duo worked together the “typical” generations of young Chinese architects, often Technologies in Ningbo, China, the iGuzzini Illuminazione the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Freedom Tower in New York. Other 18 of APRIL - 3.00 p.m. i.lab plays host to engineers, technicians and quality of space. Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell but also between them and the outside world. The whole until Cornette’s death in 1998. Since then, Decq has been overwhelmed by their tendency to emphasis, the office headquarters in Recanati, the Campidoglio 2 in Rome, the recent projects include the Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin and Crystals at Zhang Ke/StandardArchitecture - lecture: Rethinking basics ITALCEMENTI GROUP researchers engaged in studying and developing University and established his own office in New York in site overlooks and extends alongside the A4 Milan-Venice involved in a number of national and international projects, remains detached in a time of media frenzy and their focus Villejuif-Leo Lagrange station of the Paris subway. In addition CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip. His Studio has several projects under technological, functional and aesthetic innovation of motorway: starting from these initial considerations, the notably the MACRO - Rome’s Museum of Contemporary is consistently positioned on the realization of urban visions to his architectural design activities, Mario Cucinella devotes construction, including City Life’s redevelopment of the historic Fiera With 2011 consolidated sales exceeding 4.7 billion Innovation applied to continuous search for sustainable 1963. Among his most well-known projects are The Getty new construction materials. master plan drawn up by French Architect Jean Nouvel Art, the Art Hôtel of Peking, the Restaurant at Opera and ideas. himself to the research and development of industrial design Milano Fairgrounds in Milan; Kö-Bogen, an office and retail complex in 19 of APRIL - 10.30 a.m. Euro, Italcementi Group is the fifth largest cement solutions is Italcementi’s strategic lever to create its own Center in Los Angeles; the Dives in Misericordia Church in Rome; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; Perry and Charles presents a red lamellar meal wall that runs alongside Garnier in Pari, and the FRAC Museum in Rennes, opening Among their major works, the Beijing DongBianMen Ming products and to teaching: he holds the position of visiting Düsseldorf; the L Tower in Toronto and Reflections at Keppel Bay, a two- Mario Cucinella - lecture: Cultural Empathy producer in the world. The Group’s companies competitive advantage, whilst contributing to improving Street Condominiums in New York; the Canal+ Television the motorway for a kilometre, becoming the architectural 2012. Odile Decq is General Director of the École Spéciale Dynasty City Wall Relics Park, the “Dancing Triangles” Professor at Nottingham University. Among his prizes, the million-square-foot residential development in Singapore; Zlota 44, a combine the expertise, know-how and cultures of the quality of life and the environment. Italcementi aims scenario behind which the various research buildings d’Architecture of Paris and visiting professor at several open space within the Pudong area in , the town Energy Performance+Architecture Award, the Special Award residential high rise in Warsaw; and Haeundae Udong Hyundai Park, a 20 of APRIL - 10.30 a.m. over 20 countries across four continents, boasting an Headquarters in Paris; and the Museum of Contemporary Art to become a cutting-edge cement manufacturing group, are arranged at right angles in the park. The principle international universities, among which the Columbia mixed-use development in Busan, South Korea that, when completed, will industrial network of 55 cement plants, 10 grinding in . planning scheme envisaging the reintegration of the ancient for the Environment from the Cityscape World Architecture Daniel Libeskind - lecture: Counterpoint capable of transforming a commodity into a technologically of the wall gives a clear interpretation of the theme of University. A member of the French Architecture Academy, include the tallest residential building in Asia. Mr. Libesking has held such centres, more than 490 concrete batching units, and a Throughout his career, Mr. Meier has received numerous defensive walls into the urban fabric of Xi’an. Among his Congress, Outstanding Architect Prize 2004 from the World advanced product at the service of new construction international awards, among which the Pritzker Prize for demarcation and the city limit, which simultaneously she was appointed Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, awards, let us recall the WA Chinese Architecture Award; the Renewable Energy Congress and the 1999 Architecture Prize positions as the Frank O. Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto, Professor The lectures can be followed by live webcast at staff of about 20,000. Italcementi Group is a member of models. Architecture, considered the field’s highest honor. separates and joins together the space around it. Jean Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Officier de l’Ordre China Architecture Media Award (CAMA) for the ‘Best Young from the Berlin Akademie der Kunste. at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe, Germany, the CRET chair at www.italcementigroup.com WBCSD, the World Business Council for Sustainable i.lab is clear evidence of the company’s proactive Nouvel succeeded in giving a visionary, imaginative shape du Mérite. the University of Pennsylvania, and the Louis Khan Chair at Yale University. Development, and has adhered to the UN Global Mr. Meier is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects Architect’; Design Vanguard (Architecture Record) and the commitment to sustainability and is set to be a benchmark to a project in which technology and stylistic invention He has received numerous awards including the 2001 Hiroshima Art Compact, a strategic initiative promoted by the United and the American Institute of Architects, and received the honor International Award Architecture in Stone at the Marmomac in sustainable architecture in Europe. come together to perfection, creating an extraordinary Prize, an award given to those artists whose work promotes international Nations to align companies’ operations and plans with of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French event in Verona. i.lab has achieved Platinum certification from LEED, territorial-scale visual event. understanding and peace, never before given to an architect. universally accepted principles in the areas of human government. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the the most authoritative and rigorous rating system for Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York, the American Academy rights, labour, environment and ethics. April 17 • 3.00 p.m. • lecture: Horizons April 18 • 3.00 p.m. • lecture: Rethinking basics April 19 • 10.30 a.m. • lecture: Cultural Empathy April 20 • 10.30 a.m. • lecture: Counterpoint assessing the energy efficiency and environmental in Rome and the American Academy of Arts and Letters from sustainability of buildings. which he received the Gold Medal for Architecture in 2008.

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